Initramfs compression algorithm - was Re: /boot size and kernel updates
To reduce size of initramfs I change the compression setting in
/etc/initramfs/initramfs.conf
and set it to “xz”
After that one needs to rebuild initramfs.
Sent from my phone. Please forgive misspellings and weird “corrections”
> On 13 Nov 2022, at 16:35, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/13/22 01:41, Peter von Kaehne wrote:
>> I mostly let the installer do what it likes to do when installing Debian and this has worked out fine until the last couple installs on UEFI rather than legacy boot.
>> It now appears that the automatic installer does not get size of /boot right - even with only one new kernel update wanting to install itself it often fails with lack of space. One solution I found is to change the initramfs compression algorithm, which gives me space for two full kernels and initramfses. But this is still problematic. Are there other solutions other than reinstall with a larger boot partition?
>> For me the main problem are a couple of elderly relatives etc whose computers I administer mostly in a hands off fashion - with automatic security updates only and occasionally some more work during visits.
>> Now I am needing to look into sorting out remote access or simply disable all updates, neither of which is ideal for any variety of reasons.
>> Any clever suggestions which bring me back into a place where a few kernels can easily install without things getting too crowded?
>> Sent from my phone. Please forgive misspellings and weird “corrections”
>
>
> Please run the following commands as root and post the complete console session -- prompts, commands entered, and output displayed:
>
> 2022-11-13 08:32:14 root@laalaa ~
> # cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a
> 11.5
> Linux laalaa 5.10.0-19-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.149-2 (2022-10-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> 2022-11-13 08:32:24 root@laalaa ~
> # ls -lF /boot
> total 109188
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Sep 2 06:54 System.map-5.10.0-18-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Oct 21 13:24 System.map-5.10.0-19-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236286 Sep 2 06:54 config-5.10.0-18-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236275 Oct 21 13:24 config-5.10.0-19-amd64
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Oct 29 13:48 grub/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48673909 Sep 24 17:33 initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48693403 Oct 29 13:19 initrd.img-5.10.0-19-amd64
> drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jan 9 2022 lost+found/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6962016 Sep 2 06:54 vmlinuz-5.10.0-18-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6963648 Oct 21 13:24 vmlinuz-5.10.0-19-amd64
>
> 2022-11-13 08:32:50 root@laalaa ~
> # du -bc /boot
> 4379325 /boot/grub/locale
> 2010385 /boot/grub/i386-pc
> 2398204 /boot/grub/fonts
> 11195075 /boot/grub
> 16384 /boot/lost+found
> 122981258 /boot
> 122981258 total
>
> 2022-11-13 08:33:20 root@laalaa ~
> # df /boot
> Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda1 920M 118M 739M 14% /boot
>
>
> David
>
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